Creating the Opium War British imperial attitudes towards China, 1792-1840

Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century. It makes the first attem...

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Main Author: Gao, Hao (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2020
Series:Studies in imperialism
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